February 16, 2017

Captured on Film #103

Captured on Film galleries feature Southeast Missourian photographs taken mainly in the 1960s through the 1990s, before the age of digital photography. Comments or questions about these images should be directed to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

Published March 2, 1992. Dr. Edwin Noffel, left, was one of the celebrity dealers at the black jack tables, raising funds for the American Cancer Society at the Cancer Society "Rollin' on the River" Gala at the A.C. Brase Arena Building. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 29, 1992. Sixty-five students at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau were each allowed to throw a water balloon at school principal Ron Haggard. The students, from grades one through six, had the top scores or the most improved scores on last year's Missouri Mastery and Improvement Test. Haggard was soaked at the end of the event. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 1, 1992. Big Al's Nightclub at 619 S. Kingshighway opened in 1992. Operating the club were Rocky Brown, left, general manager, and Al Bisher, president of Bisher Enterprises Inc. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 19, 1992. Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Carl Kinnison held a stuffed monkey on loan from Bloomin' Balloons. It was similar to one that was stolen from the store last month. Police were offering a reward for information regarding the missing monkey in the belief that other burglaries might be solved along with it. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 1, 1992. Betty Sue Palsgrove, professor emeritus, and John Shelton, professor of music at Southeast Missouri State University, prepared for a duo-piano recital. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 8, 1992. Harold Sanders retired after working in the grocery business for almost 50 years, the last 15 at Schnucks. He was liquor department manager. (Mark Sterkel ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published March 12, 1992. Eva Wilson, a fifth grade teacher at Nell Holcomb School, was named the recipient of the Missouri State Teachers Association Southeast Missouri District Meritorious Award. While teaching a unit on the Civil War, Wilson brought in re-enactor Lee Ragland of Cape Girardeau to show students more about the war. (Southeast Missourian archive)

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Captured on Film galleries feature Southeast Missourian photographs taken mainly in the 1960s through the 1990s, before the age of digital photography. Comments or questions about these images should be directed to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

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